The Russian Prisoner (The Saint TV Series)

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Plot
Whilst on holiday in Switzerland, the Saint is approached by a young woman, who says she'd been raised in Sweden by her mother, at the behest of her father, a Russian professor. He's just arrived in Geneva, to attend a conference, and is anxious to defect. The professor's being held prisoner in a chateau by security, and Irma begs Simon to free him. A plot's hatched, but inevitably, not all is what it seems to be.

Trivia

 * Both Sir Roger Moore and Anthony Booth died in 2017

Continuity

 * When Templar has a fight with Kirill and Pyotr, the two Russians, in his hotel room, Kirill gets thrown across the room, but when he's seen getting up, he is on the opposite side of the room by the door.
 * When Templer is fighting the Russians in the Bank, a hat box is thrown at him which misses him and breaks the window leaving shards of glass in the pane area. Templer's hair is ruffled. In the next shot, the shards have gone from the pane area and Templer's hair is unruffled.

Miscellaneous

 * The female agent identifies herself to Simon at the cocktail party as "Milanova" yet is credited as "Milanov". The correct Russian spelling would be "-ova" for a woman, not "-ov".

Referenced in

 * Mystery Science Theatre 3000: Parts: The Clonus Horror (1997) (TV Episode) Crow says "Larry Dallis is the Saint" when Richard goes through the files of Clonus; this resembles a scene from the Saint episode the Russian Prisoner.